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ABC website graphs vs what is actually 'out there'
« on: March 23, 2004, 01:08:00 AM »
There is a local house that is attempting to lay out the ABC pattern, and so far has been seemingly unsuccessful.  The owner put out the exact pattern as detailed in the graph on the tournament website and a few people just returning from Reno tried it out.  Each person all agreed that the test pattern was much stronger on the backend and had more room for recovery, where Reno played much tighter and had almost no recovery when going to the right. The test pattern consisted of Defense/s Oil, and (I beleive) first generation Anvil lane.  
Can anyone offer up as to why there is such a difference? What type of oil is being used, and what(if) is the strip area?
Also, regarding the website, what does graph #2 depict?

Thanks everyone.
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Re: ABC website graphs vs what is actually 'out there'
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2004, 05:36:49 PM »
The lane surface in Reno is much different than the ProAnvilane that your center has.  Different lane surfaces have different characteristics.  Some are more "pourous" and are more "tacky" than others.  Some are more slick than others.  Also, the "wear and tear" on a lane surface can dictate ball reaction along with lane topography, the physical lay of the lane.

Weather can play a small factor, lane machine is a factor, and I think they are using Kegel Prodigy lane conditioner.

I know there are many more factors than this, but these are the main ones.
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